Hope College chemist receives Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award

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Aug 8, 2014 at 5:04 PMAug 8, 2014 at 5:04 PM

Jason G. Gillmore of the Hope College chemistry faculty has received national recognition through a Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award from the Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation, according to an Aug. 8 news release.The awards honor faculty in the chemical sciences at undergraduate institutions based on accomplishment in scholarly research with undergraduates as well as a compelling commitment to teaching.The Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award includes an unrestricted research grant of $60,000. Gillmore will apply the award to his ongoing research program focused on synthetic and mechanistic organic photochemistry, work that he conducts collaboratively with Hope students.Gillmore joined the Hope faculty as an assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor in 2010. Hope named him a Schaap Research Fellow in chemistry, providing support for his research program, in 2013.The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, based in New York, was established in 1946 and is a memorial to Camille and Henry Dreyfus, two brothers who made major contributions in the research of materials used in the manufacture of photographic films.For information: dreyfus.org.